Grygla Eagle Newspaper

08/15/2024

We have an exciting update to share - our Fall Fest Grand Marshall will be at/in the parade! 🥳☀️🥁🎉
That’s right, Ardell Roen, 100 years young, is feeling better and will be coming to Grygla for the parade where her family will be pushing her through comfortably in her wheelchair!
Make sure to give her a big wave as she makes her way down the streets she’s still so familiar with! 💕

📍: Grygla’s State Street on Saturday, August 24th, 11:30am

08/14/2024

📣Hello to the Grygla Fall Festival Parade GRAND MARSHALL!

📣Former Grygla resident Ardell Roen is being recognized as our Grand Marshall of the Fall Fest Parade on Saturday, August 24, in honor of her 100th birthday she celebrated this year!

📣She is unable to attend the parade, but will still be honored. Check out next week’s Grygla Eagle Newspaper for a front-page story featuring our Grand Marshall, Ardell!

Edit + Update as of 8/15/24:
We have an exciting update to share - our Fall Fest Grand Marshall will be at/in the parade! 🥳☀️🥁🎉
That’s right, Ardell Roen, 100 years young, is feeling better and will be coming to Grygla for the parade where her family will be pushing her through comfortably in her wheelchair!
Make sure to give her a big wave as she makes her way down the streets she’s still so familiar with! 💕
📍: Grygla’s State Street on Saturday, August 24th, 11:30am

08/14/2024

Immediately following the 11:30am Grygla Fall Festival parade (on Saturday, August 24th), there will be a Quilt Presentation at the Veterans Memorial Gazebo to the following local veterans:
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•Wally Byklum
•Glenn Sundberg
•Jerry Sistad
•Leland Thomas
•Gerald Aune
•Lyle Nelson
•Ralph Isaak
•Steve Anderson
•Wayne Warne
•Loren Lusignan
•Danny Carslon
•Danny Bragg (presented with his at home recently.)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

**Quilts are made by the Red, White & Blue Quilters out of TRF. Please contact Rose Hanson with any questions.

08/13/2024

What's one thing you are excited about on the Fall Fest schedule?!

08/12/2024

Community happenings to make note of:

Tonight, Monday, Aug. 12: Sports Boosters Planning Meeting at the School 5:30pm; Grygla City Council Meeting 7pm

Tuesday, August 13: Vote YES meeting at the Grygla Community Center 6pm; Robotics Club Sponsorship Meeting in the school library at 6pm.

Saturday, August 17th: Reminder that the Food Shelf is open a week early this month due to Fall Fest. It's open this Saturday the 17th from 8-10:30am.

Tuesday, August 20th: Blood Drive at the Grygla Community Center from 1-6pm - sponsored by the Grygla Lion's Club. Also that evening is the Fourtown/Grygla Sportsman's Club meeting. The crew will meet at the Baja racetrack south of The Hound for clean-up from 5-6:30pm - the club meeting will follow at The Hound at 7pm.

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08/08/2024

08/08/2024

Vote YES to All 3 Ballot Questions for Grygla School on November 5th!

For detailed information on ballot questions, follow the link below.

https://www.ehlers-inc.com/microsite/grygla2024/

07/31/2024

City of Grygla: Unauthorized Release of Wastewater

By Kari Sundberg, Eagle Editor

The City of Grygla had to do an unauthorized release of wastewater last Saturday during the heavy downpour of rain. They are required to put out a public notice when this happens, which they did via their page. It will also be in the Grygla Eagle Newspaper next week.
However, it’s important to clarify what that means as residents had questions about the process. The Grygla Eagle visited with Mayor Devin Ruud about the situation. He explained that it was an absolute necessity and needed to be done. City maintenance went in at 3am as the rain was coming down hard. After checking the lift station, it was evident it had backed up with water. At that time, it wasn’t clear that water had already backed up into residents’ basements, but in order to prevent that from happening even more, the water was immediately pumped out, which goes right onto the ground. (Normally it would go into the lagoon.)
This wastewater was a lot of rainwater but was a combination of three things: Cleanwater (rainfall), Greywater (household wastewater like showers, baths, laundry) and Blackwater (wastewater from toilets, human waste).
Ruud explained that whenever there is an unauthorized release of wastewater, it has to be reported to the MN Pollution Control Agency, which has already been done. There will not be a fine, but likely a violation. However, as Ruud stated, it was a necessity to pump it out in attempt to prevent people’s basements from getting damaged with water coming up their drains, toilets, etc. Ruud further explained, “We had no time to wait for approval or notification from the State. We had to make the decision to do the emergency discharge.”

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07/27/2024

Goodridge Freedom Festival is still on today. Mayor Judy Jones reported 2.2 inches of rain there, but nothing has affected the scheduled activities for today. 🇺🇸🎶
However, things could change if the expected thunderstorms roll in this afternoon. Stay tuned!

07/27/2024

Pictured is Mayor Devin Ruud. After a quick chat about how fast the water came down and steps they are taking to get the water out of town, Mayor Ruud wants to ask Grygla residents to try and refrain from using water today if you can.
That would be very helpful as they work to pump the water out.

07/27/2024

The City of Grygla is working hard to get the water pumped out over the d**e. Holthusen Construction is on site helping right now over by the volleyball courts west of town.

07/27/2024

Well, the rain came and it came hard.

Eric Dougherty (north of Grygla a ways) got 7 inches. Robbie and Alisha Anderson (just west of town) got 6 inches….
I don’t know what the # is at my house as I don’t have a rain gauge, but it’s safe to say somewhere in that area. 😩

Reports of some homes flooded in town.
The fields are flat.
Water is everywhere.
The lift station in Grygla is working hard, trying to catch up….

Let’s all try to stay on the sunny side, but goodness, it’s wet. (With more rain expected today..) 🥺

Feel free to share your rain pictures here.

07/23/2024

A wonderful way to support Charger Athletics + a great, fun way to kick off Fall Fest weekend! 💙💛🤍

07/22/2024

To all the local 4-H families headed to the fair this week:

We love to feature your 4-H projects and readers love seeing it even more! Have a great week at the Roseau County Fair, which kicks off today and runs through this Friday.

After the week is done, please email ([email protected]) or text (218-689-6901) or message me on Facebook with your photos, names, exhibit/entry information, ribbon information, etc.

07/14/2024

Gatzke’s own Walter Jones!

WJ Auction is headed to…………⁉️‼️⁉️
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Thunder on Hooves at the Pennington County Fair!!
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That’s right! This Friday and Saturday night we’ll be auctioning off the best seats in the house: THE PARTY DECK!!🍻
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The only way you’d get closer is if you were the bull fighter! 🤠
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Let ‘er buck!
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📸: Thunder on Hooves page

07/01/2024

IN THIS WEEK'S EAGLE.....

"Then & Now" story about Advantage Ag Air.

You might have seen and/or heard the spray planes going all day yesterday! Advantage Ag Air (based out of Warren, but also operating out of the Holte Airfield in Grygla) sprayed 11,000 acres in the area yesterday.
Aaron Peterson, owner/operator, brought in two extra planes to help clear the boards yesterday. (He also had 4 planes flying out of Warren to spray another 11k acres over there.)
It was a BUSY day at the Holte airstrip with the three planes coming and going all day long, continuing until dark.
It's always fun to watch those planes come in, take off and fly in the sky above us.
More in this week's Eagle...

07/01/2024

IN THIS WEEK'S EAGLE....

Danny Bragg goes on virtual Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.

Serving in the Air Force from 1971-1975, Danny Bragg applied for a special Veterans trip 7 years ago. Last fall, he was finally selected to attend the trip to D.C. at no cost.
The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN recognizes American Veterans for their service and sacrifices by flying them on a chartered plane with other Veterans to Washington, D.C., to see their memorials.
Danny was supposed to go in October of 2023, but fell ill and was later diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia; he is now under the care of hospice.
Danny was able to go on the trip again in May, but due to his diagnosis and declining health, he was unable to go.
A group of volunteers from the Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN came to Grygla and brought the Honor Flight to Danny....virtually!
Read all about this special honor in this week's Eagle.
Thank you for your service, Danny.

05/31/2024

Grygla city-wide rummage sales tomorrow. There may be more that pop up that didn’t get on the map, so be sure to keep your eyes open!

05/31/2024

••••MISSING EAGLES••••

You may have noticed you didn't get a Grygla Eagle Newspaper yet this week. They seem to be missing in Grand Forks, ND. 📭📭📭

1. The Times printed the Eagle on time on Wednesday (one day late this week due to Memorial Day holiday).
2. They were delivered to the TRF Post Office on time and put on the truck headed for the main hub in Grand Forks, per usual.

And that's where we have lost them, apparently.

▪️Friendly reminder▪️

This is not a Grygla Eagle issue.
Or a Grygla Post Office issue.
Or a Richard's Publishing issue.
This is not a TRF Times issue or a TRF Post Office issue.

There are many stops the paper makes each week. This is an issue in Grand Forks at the main hub. (And let me tell you that trying to get in touch with anyone has proved to be impossible at this point.)

We apologize for this and hope the missing bags are found and mailed out ASAP.

If you have an E-Subscription or have been thinking about getting one, now might be a great time to check it out!
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www.tricocanary.com

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05/23/2024

‼️ CITY-WIDE RUMMAGE SALE ‼️

If you’ve been wanting to get rid of some stuff that’s just taking up space, join the Grygla City-Wide Rummage Sale on Saturday, June 1st.

Quite a few sales have already been set. Once the day gets closer a map will be provided that shows where they’ll be.📍

✅ If anyone is interested in having a sale or getting on the map, get in touch with Katie Brobst.

05/23/2024

A LITTLE BIRDIE (ok, a Barn Boy)
TOLD ME (ok, I read it on Facebook)
that they will be jammin’ at the Grygla Fall Fest on August 24th!!
Oooooo-weeeeeeeee grab your Barn gear and let’s take it to the street! 🎶🤠

05/21/2024

If you are unable you attend tonight’s Community Forum at the Grygla School there are other ways to tune in.

🔹Facebook Live beginning at 6:30pm this evening under the Grygla School page.

🔸The recording will also be put on the local GVTV channel this Thursday and Tuesday & Thursday next week.

05/20/2024

Grygla School Community Forum - REMINDER

Reminder on the Community Forum taking place tomorrow, May 21st, at 6:30pm in the Grygla School Library. Regarding that event, Mr. Derek Gieseke, Grygla School Principal & Superintendent, encouraged the community to come out for discussion, saying, “Your perspectives are invaluable as we navigate these uncharted waters together. In this meeting, we will discuss where we are currently, the program cuts, and what the referendum will look like this fall.”

The second round of cuts/freezes was announced today. That includes a one-year wage freeze for all Grygla School staff, along with the Dean of Students/AD position reduced to 3 days per week.

The Grygla Eagle Newspaper will have an update in next week’s May 29th issue regarding tomorrow's community forum and the discussion that took place.

05/03/2024

There are so many college graduations taking place this time of year - CONGRATULATIONS to all the graduates! What an accomplishment!
The Grygla Eagle Newspaper is happy to publish any graduation pictures if you want to message them on Facebook, text them to 218-689-6901 or email [email protected]
Please include: name of the graduate, name of college, date of graduation, degree earned, and any special honors you'd like to mention.
C O N G R A T S !

05/01/2024

Amazing.